For six months of the year Arctic Finland is a wonderland of lakes, snow and the taiga – winter forest – which yields some of the most striking shapes in nature. Dawn in the Riisitunturi ...

They spend winter hibernating ... from deserts and rocky mountains to grasslands, wetlands, and taiga forests. They commonly hunt in packs, helping them take down large ungulates like deer ...

The taiga is the largest contiguous vegetation zone in the world. The birch plays a special role in this boreal coniferous ...

The Russian taiga is a harsh and unforgiving world. An unprepared tourist who is lost in the deep boreal forests has a relatively small chance of survival. Things are even tougher in the winter.

Picture Arctic Finland in winter and you’re picturing Levi ... up here are frozen rivers and lakes amid endless subarctic taiga forest. Grab a light lunch of salmon at the hotel’s Restaurant ...

Bone-chilling winter temperatures. Sub-Arctic taiga forests as far as the eye can see. Blinding clouds of mosquitos. Vast deposits of diamonds, gold, and other minerals. Add to the list of ...

Explore the vast, snow-covered landscapes of Siberia in this stunning winter drone footage. Witness the icy rivers, endless taiga forests, and rugged mountains blanketed in snow, capturing the raw ...

The taiga forest is full of pine and spruce trees which have adapted to the cold climate. They have thick bark and keep their leaves in winter. Animals have also adapted to live in the taiga forest.

Their muse is the taiga, or boreal forest: a massive ring of mostly coniferous ... the radiant light of endless summer days, the long winter nights and natural phenomena such as the northern ...